WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Michigan Republican Dave Camp, chairman of the tax-writing U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee, is seriously mulling running for a U.S. Senate seat in 2014, sources close to the lawmaker said on Wednesday.Full story

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Abandoning the corridors of power for a shop full of gleaming, supersized steel refrigerators and steam ovens, two U.S. lawmakers took their quixotic bid to overhaul the 70,000-page tax code on the road this week to rally public support outside Washington. Full story

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Despite talk about tax reform, U.S. senators are largely shrugging off a request that they present specific ideas for rewriting a tax code that has grown to more than 70,000 pages since it was last revamped 27 years ago. Full story

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